More about the Viking hypothesis of origin of the Δ32 mutation in the CCR5 gene conferring resistance to HIV-1 infection

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 293-295

  Lucotte, Gérard ^a   Dieterlen, Florent ^a  

^a Centre de Neurogenetique Moleculaire   (France)

Author keywords

32 allele; Chemokine receptor CCR5; Gene map of allele frequencies in Europe

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR5;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; EUROPE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RESISTANCE; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CYPRUS; EUROPE; FINLAND; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETICS, POPULATION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; ICELAND; MUTATION; RECEPTORS, CCR5;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

EID: 0242391851     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2003.07.001     Document Type: Article

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